Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλοζέφυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλοζέφυρος φιλοζέφυρον

Structure: φιλοζεφυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. loving the west wind

Examples

  • ἄνθεσιν οὐ τόσσοισι φιλοζέφυροι χλοάουσι λειμῶνεσ, πυκιναῖσ εἰάροσ ἀγλαϊαίσ, ὅσσουσ εὐγενέτασ, Διονύσιε, παῖδασ ἀθρήσεισ, χειρῶν Κυπρογενοῦσ πλάσματα καὶ Χαρίτων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1951)

Synonyms

  1. loving the west wind

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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